Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her golden hair is matted, messy, and big. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. She takes great joy in being the best Layabout in town.

History: Born to a Performer, her father struggled to pay the bills. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Layabout. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: To be a Performer again; and expand her business

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 4000 cp. Silver pearl (150 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: He is an average looking eastern male in his early mid-life. He very much looks the part of a Bricklayer. His blonde hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His fierce gray eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Bricklayer. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Impeccable, Logical. Bonds: Job, Rich, Family. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 120 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: This woman wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty pastel coat over it. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized ruby on her right hand. She sports a flattop fur cut. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines copper.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Dyer but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: She was born into a rich family. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Persistence, Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: She prefers to wear flannel, and carries longbows. Her golden hair is singed and shortened. Her blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She refers to her adoptive mother for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: To unite with her sister; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Religious, Slave. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 30 pp.